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chas⋅sé

[sha-sey or, especially in square dancing, sa-shey] noun, verb, chas⋅séd, chas⋅sé⋅ing. Dance.
–noun
1. a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
–verb (used without object)
2. to execute a chassé.

Origin:
1795–1805; < F: lit., chased, followed, ptp. of chasser to chase 1
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chas·sé   (shā-sā')   
n.  A ballet movement consisting of one or more quick gliding steps with the same foot always leading.
intr.v.   chas·séd, chas·sé·ing, chas·sés
To perform this movement.

[French, from past participle of chasser, to chase, from Old French chacier; see chase1.]
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